The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-26
POSING AS POLITICAL SAINTS.


The New York Herald is constantly re-
mindiDg Republicans OF their hypocrisy.
The Herald says Republicans claim that
their party has practically given each cit
izen free home by securing the public
domain from the monopoly OF capital.
This" says the Herald. recalls Baron
Munchausen who had the same habit of ex-
tolling himself for heroic achievements
which were all in his eye. The cold, un-
Hinching records OF history show that the
Republican party has uniformly played
into the hands of the monopoly of cap
ital,' and deliberately cheated nearly
million and a halt of our citizens out
of farms OF one hundred aud sixty acres
each by giving over two hundred million
aCres Of the public domain to big corpora
tions, cattle syndicates, land Spectators
and aliens" 1t is such facts as the
Herald sets forth, that place the Republi.
can party before the country in its true
light, in all of its naked deformity-the
most corrupt, the most imam )us, that
ever held power in the Government. Says
the New York Times: SIN the last two
years and half the General Land Ohice
has restored to the public domain more
acres of land than there are in the State OF
New York. This is perhaps the most pro-
minent fact set forth in the annual report
of Commissioner Sparks, and it accounts
in great measure for the abuse which
has been poured out upon him from
day to day by the organs of land Job
bers. This land has been restored to
the public domain for settlement. 1t has
been reclaimed from those who had pro-
cured it by fraud or were holding it with
out authority of law" This land was stolen
under Republican rule. Republican ad-
ministrations aided and abetted this rob-
berry, and honest Republican papers admit
the truth OF the charge in all of its height,
depth and breadth. The Herald says
1.-THE Republican party has no principles
to fight for 1t never was a party Of
principles. 1t has been party Of plumber.
what the country needs and mu stihave, :"
says the Herald, eff it is to be prosperous
is an administration that represents the
whole Republic from Maine to the Pa
cific and from the lakes to the Gulf. Now,
the Republican party never has done that.
1t was not born to do 1t, It is essentially
a sectional party, and never has been any.
thing else. 1t has not only neglected
the millions of the South, but it meyer in
dorses party platform without expressing
q suspicion of them. Its business at the
present moment is not to unite North and
South, bat to keep them asundsr." Here we
have it, the Republican party is not only
a land stealing party, monopoly party,
a party of Jobs and rings, OF frauds and
forgeTies, but a sectional party, which
would, il it could, inaugurate war, strife
and bloodshed. The people will not rein
state such party. They see in the Demo.
cratic party a determination to restore
lands to the people stolen under Republi-
can administrations. Already, says the
| New York Times, a Republican paper,
more acres than there are in the State OF
! New York" and New York has 81. 46S, SOC
acres And this vast area stolen under Re
| publican rule the Democratic party is Civ
ing back to the people, and the amount
before March 1, 1899, Will swell to 100, 900,
/ 900 acres. All that is required is to keeI
the infamous record of the Republican
party before the people.